LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

35.98 in. (91.40 cm.) (height) by 27.80 in. (70.60 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1802, no. 247; London, British Institution, 1817, no. 46 (lent by Robert Burrowes); London, British Institution, 1843, no. 173 (lent by Lady Woolmore)

Literature:

J.J. Rogers, Opie and his works, London, 1878, pp. 166, 217; A. Earland, John Opie and his Circle, London, 1911, pp. 167, 169

Provenance:

Robert Burrowes, before 1817; Lady Woolmore, before 1843; Sale, Christie's, London, 22 July 1971, lot 152, where most probably purchased by the present owner's late uncle